Month: January 2008

With the recent buyers market conditions, we are seeing a lot of Canadians this year coming to Naples to purchase property. Our clients are telling us that with the exchange rate, the huge inventory and the low interest rates they can’t pass this up.

Today’s the Florida Primary election to choose nominees for President of the United States. This is your chance to voice your opinion. Get off your beach chair and get out to vote. Remember…vote early and vote often. Just kidding, but at least vote once.

We are announcing a $250,000 reduction on our waterfront listing on Fort Meyers Beach. This is a very unique duplex located on Estero Bay with a boat dock for your jet skis. This property is now offered at $1,900,000. Since you are purchasing both sides, there are many investment opportunities. You can obviously live in one side and rent the other for income, live in one side and use the other for over-flow guest or family or you can tear down the dividing wall and make this property into one huge estate home on the water. We’ve even heard of people getting several family members together to jointly own the property and then use it as a family retreat throughout the year. View more photos by visiting the Ft. Myers waterfront home webpage or call Ruth Bethem toll-free at 877-777-7545 or visit her Naples real estate website. How would you like to wake up to this view every morning!

Big high-fives to London Bay Homes! Builder Magazine has honored the Naples builder with the “America’s Best Builder Award”. London Bay Homes was founded in 1990 by Mark Wilson and continues to set records. Noted for it’s high quality workmanship and creativity, they continue to make progress even in a slow real estate market.

Wilson was quoted in The News-Press as saying “All the news you’re reading about is the market in general, through $500,000, what the average consumer can afford throughout the country.” He went on to say that homes selling for more than $5 million, the market in 2007 was actually better than the previous two years.

Wilson got started in home building with a Britain homebuilder, but eventually came to Florida to do commercial work. He switched to residential after doing his Master’s thesis on “Investments in U.S. Real Estate.”